| SolveYourProblem
Article Series: Pregnancy
Pregnancy: Everything You Need To Know
How
To Reduce Morning Sickness
Nausea
is the most common side effect of a healthy pregnancy. It
is also one of the most annoying to boot. More than half
of all pregnant women have had morning sickness,
and will have it again. Just because you have it once doesn’t
mean you will have it again. Others may have it everyday for
several weeks. Also, if you don’t have morning sickness, this
doesn’t mean your pregnancy is abnormal. Some women just do
not suffer from this common ailment. One of the theory of why
women experience this hideous side effect are hormones. The
hormone HCG secreted by the egg causes a rise in progesterone,
the main culprit of nausea. The more HCG, the more progesterone,
and the sicker you are. Adding a little estrogen to the mix
makes for a nauseating hormone cocktail. Don’t be surprised
if your morning sickness is not restricted to just morning,
it won’t be. Most women have bouts at all times of day and
find specific times better or worse depending on the individual.
To
help alleviate morning sickness, try to avoid any smells
that you may find discomforting. This might range from fish,
to cat litter box odor, or any animal or human waste products
or even certain foods like bacon or coffee. These will
surely trigger the gag reflex. Also know when to leave the
room.
If you smell something that is definitely going to turn
your stomach, leave the room and have someone else dispose
of
the item or take a shower to remove the smell. You will
be surprised at all the things that you once loved will now
make your stomach turn upside down. You are now going to
be the queen of the smells. You will smell everything and
could probably rent yourself out as a bloodhound. Also
take
that stinky prenatal horse pill at night with food; it
is bound to make you sick for sure if you don’t. You are at a higher bracket for nausea in the first trimester
if you are having more than one baby. It adds double the hormone
cocktail to your system. If you had severe nausea with other
pregnancies, you might have a better chance of having the same
occur for this one, but there is a chance that you will be
spared this time as well. Women who had nausea associated with
birth control are also more likely to develop morning sickness,
because the hormones are the same and now in higher doses.
If you are genetically predisposed, meaning your mom or other
close relatives had it, and if you have migraines you have
a higher risk as well.
If you want to try to bypass this lovely pregnancy malady,
try some of these tips that doctors, midwives, and moms all
over swear by.
- Try
to stick to foods that are will not smell bad to you. It
may seem like you are only eating two things all the time,
but that is okay for now. It is better to keep something in
your tummy all the time and constantly nibble on happy foods
than constantly get sick or have an empty belly.
- Always
keep crackers or other bland treats next to you and your
bed. This will enable you to combat nausea when it strikes.
Plus, it keeps the acid in your stomach from aggravating you
and causing nausea. Citrus fruits are also good for combating
morning sickness.
- Smaller
bland meals of carbohydrates more often seem to ward off
the sickness as well. Try rice, potatoes, and other bland
foods that can be made in as small or large a portion as you
like.
- Avoid
rich, spicy, acidic, fatty and fried foods when you have
morning sickness. As good as they may taste at first,
they will do nothing but cause you pain and suffering. In addition,
they don’t taste as good coming back up.
- Also,
drink tons of water or other liquids that promote hydration
between meals. If water makes you sick, which it can for lots
of ladies, try sports drinks or adding fresh fruit and their
juices to your water for flavor.
- In
addition, take the prenatal vitamin at night with a starchy
meal. Those things are a quick way to ensure you are running
to the bathroom. Ask to have another type of pill prescribed
if the ones you are taking have too much iron.
- Another good tip, is talk with your doctor about vitamin
B6 and doxylamine (a drug found in the regular strength Unisom).
This combination can also help fight upset stomach during pregnancy.
- Try
the acupuncture bands for the wrist, they trigger a place
on the wrist that fixes nausea.
# # # # #
SolveYourProblem.com
: 2006
> Home > Pregnancy Articles : Main Page
|
